Issue One

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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• Accept e-mail submissions only, preferably pasted into the body of an e-mail.
  
  
• Response time may range anywhere from 3--8 weeks or less.
  
  
• All material found within "Off Beat Pulp" remains the exclusive property of the author or artist and may not be reproduced in any form without the consent of the author.
  
  
• Simultaneous submissions are pretty much FROWNED UPON. It's not fair to all the hard working editors in the small press/lit-zine universe.
  
  
• Poetry:
  • Two to five poems may be submitted during one period.
  
  
  
• Short Stories:
  • Two pieces at the most and try to keep the word count under 5000. I may take a submission longer, though it's fighting an uphill battle.
  
  
  
• Flash Fiction/Postcard Prose:
  • No more than three short prose pieces should be submitted at a time. Word count should be under 1000 words.
  
  
  
• Art/Photography:
  • Keep it to around three submitted at a time.
  
  
  
• Guest Editorials:
  • Just send along one or two and try to keep the work count under 1500. I realize you have something to say and I encourage you to say it, but let's not turn a rant into a ramble, okay?
  
  
  
• Photo Essays:
  
  • Send us YOUR work, and YOUR work only!
  • Don't try so hard your images lose all meaning.
  • Don't try and be Ansel Adams. We have nothing against the late, great Mr. Adams, but he nailed being Ansel Adams, we don't need another.
  • Go have fun and create something cool.
  • Your images do not need to be brand new, they can be something you created 20 years ago at camp.
  • They do have to be unpublished. We at Off Beat Pulp want to be the first to showcase your work.
  • We are not liable for any problems that may arise from your images WHATSOEVER.
  • Images cannot be more than 900 px wide at 72 dpi.
  • Please send photos in jpeg format.
  • No More than 12 photos per Essay submission.
  
  
  
• Off Beat Post Cards:
  • Postcards must be custom made by YOU.
  • They must include some element of art (painted, drawn, inked, glued collage, or mixed media)
  • We prefer it also include some element of poetry or short prose.
  • We discourage digital art on this one, folks.  This is a different animal.  We want to leave the postal workers in wonder. 
  • Send your custom made Off Beat Post Cards to:
    
    Off Beat Pulp
    4913 Fontana
    Roeland Park, KS 66205
    USA
  • Postcards received will be scanned and posted in a new “Off Beat Postcard” gallery in the next Issue of Off Beat Pulp!
  
  
  
• Other Stuff: Just send it. Keep it reasonable. If we like it, we'll make room for it.

Get on it. Don't hesitate. Act.

Any questions you have regarding this project can be sent to the above email address. We'll answer them.